edp (12/15/82)
The rumor about Alan Dean Foster ghosting STAR WARS is untrue.
In actuallity, Foster wrote a take off on the original SW called
"Splinter of the Minds Eye", which was not of the same caliber as SW.
On the subject of the SW books, if you are looking for the
answers to these questions floating around, read (or re-read) SW + TESB.
Lucas goes into great detail about (seemingly) trivial things. There
are a couple of prime examples in both books. For example, in TESB
Boba Fett's uniform is described as the armor worn by of a group of warriors
defeated by the Jedi knights {which might affect (+/-) the Boba Fett theory}.
Before I get flamed about Lucas not writing TESB, Lucas did not
actually author it but he did edit the final copy and his style is prevalent
through out the book.
floyd!edp